Return of the Fly

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Return of the Fly
Promotional movie poster for the film
Directed by	Edward Bernds
Produced by	Bernard Glasser
Written by	George Langelaan (story) Edward Bernds
Starring	Vincent Price Brett Halsey
Music by	Paul Sawtell Bert Shefter
Cinematography	Brydon Baker
Editing by	Richard Meyer
Distributed by	20th Century-Fox
Release date(s)	1959
Running time	80 min.
Country	U.S.A.
Language	English / French
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Return of the Fly is the first sequel to the 1958 horror film The Fly. It was released in 1959, and directed by Edward Bernds, who also directed the original. Unlike the preceding film, Return of the Fly was shot in black and white. The film was followed by another sequel in 1965, Curse of the Fly.

The story resumes 15 years after the end of The Fly, following André's son, Phillippe, now a young man. Along with André's brother, they resurrect the fatal machine. Vincent Price returned to the same role as François Delambre, brother of the suicidal scientist. Somewhat precipitating the murderous, mutated, animal phoenomenon in B-grade horror films, a variation on the monster in Return of the Fly is a guinea pig/housefly hybrid.

[edit] Popular culture

The film was the subject of a song by the horror-punk band The Misfits.
Usually criticised as more insipid or contrived than the rest of the trilogy, Return of the Fly achieved cult status as a B-movie.
The Fly and Return of the Fly were remade, starring Jeff Goldblum and Eric Stoltz, respectively.
A movie titled The Fly is also scheduled for tentative release sometime in 2007 but little information can be confirmed. It is unknown whether the movie intends to remake The Fly saga, or incorporate more surreal Kafka-esque elements.^{[citation needed]}
The film was rated a 12 when released on DVD in the UK. The first film was a PG. This was mainly due to the realistic torture of the guinea pig when the villain of the picture presses his foot pretty hard on the animal to be rid of it. This was before any kind of Animal Humane Association was put into action so the rules for use of animals in a motion picture were slightly unorthodox.
Vincent Price even revealed in a 1988 interview that he was very displeased that this sequel was shot in black and white when the first film was in colour. He did praise the film for its story and scares but felt the low budget made the film suffer in terms of its loss of colour in filming.